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Zusammenfassung

In a town on the frontiers of Central Asia, an ambitious scribe feverishly dreams of writing his masterpiece. But before he can begin, he must find the perfect paper, a paper unimaginably beautiful, as pure as the mountain snows. This title is an allegory, a story about the sources of inspiration, a fable about what glimmers between the words.

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Paper: The Dreams of a Scribe Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

In a town on the frontiers of Central Asia, an ambitious scribe feverishly dreams of writing his masterpiece. But before he can begin, he must find the perfect paper, a paper unimaginably beautiful, as pure as the mountain snows. It is the high noon of the nineteenth century, and the Shahs, the Sultans and the Tsar are trying to out-check each other with their innumerable treaties and alliances. This is a world of spies and scholars, clerics and quacks, generals and princesses, of thefts, intrigues, miracles and murders. A world where every act is fuelled on paper. For without it, nothing - diplomacy, commerce, art, even love - is possible. But there is a crisis looming. The ancient practice of paper making is in decline, and the European paper - factory made - is scarce and expensive. In the isolated mountain town, which has become the scene of a power struggle, paper is more necessary than ever. How will the Scribe outwit fate to find his own supply? And where will he find the paper of his dreams? It is a quest that sends him from mosque to palace, from citadel to market place, in hot pursuit of straw and rag reams from the past, of wood pulp paper in the present, and finally towards the shimmering pages of the future. Paper is an exquisite allegory, a story about the sources of inspiration, a fable about what glimmers between the words.

Paper Bewertungen

'Nakhjavani displays a love of storytelling almost for its own sake' Literary Review on The Saddlebag 'A remarkable first novel that expands like the overlapping petals of a flower...Nakhjavani's language is as beautiful as the scenes she describes, a litany of names and places, beliefs and deities' Big Issue on the Saddlebag 'Nakhjavani's robust debut is a Chaucerian rondo of linked tales, welded into a powerful, ominous whole...Her assured style is familiar from early Salman Rushdie, with a lofty moral framework in which characters can transcend their corrupt world or fret their lives away' The Times on The Saddlebag

Über Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

Bahiyyih Nakhjavani is a Persian writer educated in the UK and the United States. She now lives near Strasburg where she teaches European and American literature. She has also written for documentary film, and lectures internationally on the arts and the Baha'i faith.

Zusätzliche Informationen

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Paper: The Dreams of a Scribe Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
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Gebundene Ausgabe
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2004-08-16
256
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